100 Ways to Connect

To me, the biggest and still unexplored opportunity with social media is that of helping make connections. Here are 100 ways to connect:

make things happen

welcome relationships

suspend judgment

create experiences

use multimedia for learners and readers with different styles/preferences

use your content to elevate others

be helpful

show you care

introduce peers

tell stories

help readers rock

listen and ask questions

stay humble

keep learning

participate fully

accept

take responsibility

resist copying

liberate your inner fan

transform your attitude

challenge your assumptions

think community

collaborate freely

develop opportunity

stay passionate

be honest (especially with yourself)

be willing to change your mind

provide a platform for others to find people with like interests

build interactions

stay curious

stay offline when you're tired or argumentative

dream, think, do

facilitate conversations

build prototypes

invent possibilities

use engagement to accelerate learning

brag about your fans' products and services

evangelize your employees

observe more, judge less

learn to read the social triggers that make stuff happen

be more transparent

choose teaching over winning

open communication lines

prefer open understanding

keep your promises

go the extra mile for someone else

laugh more, especially about yourself

be courageous

stay with it through thick and thin

tell stories

respect privacy

find a cause

be original

celebrate common traits

want less, do more

become the person you'd like to be

stay soft on people, hard on issues

appreciate small gestures, they are a big deal

communicate more

amaze yourself

recognize talent

take more walks

take the high road

discover and highlight worthy projects

understand the power of silence

stay hungry

thank often and liberally

be patient

encourage exploration

make your writing a work of art

find mentors

practice what you preach

be flexible

adopt and credit good ideas

break down elitist walls

step out of formulas

reinvent joy

earn your stripes

face your responsibilities

recognize and celebrate differences

learn to think with your own experience

invest in building something

appreciate success is several years in the making

know your values

work with others

make someone's day

put people first

read more, react less

know your limits

find inspiration

experiment

adjust

be ready to be surprised

get to know your peers

inspire and find inspiration

know you make a difference

forget the numbers, you count

let others opt in

set a good example

raise your industry, community, readers

The highly connective people, the "power networkers", are not those who mastered the tools, those who make perfect and know all the answers. They're those who elevate others. When you know why you're connecting, you benefit as well.

Great article...Eben Pagens "connected" program is an excellent resource as well...one of the most powerful take aways is "being the introducer" that is making connections for others postions you as an authoriy and expert in the social circle, it also unleashes the law of reciprocity while making others curios about what it is you do ... make a greeat introduction for someone next time your in a networking setting, they almost always return the favor!!